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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1955
Page
3
Editorial urges Joliet residents to vote Saturday for a bond issue to fund a complete vocational home for Joliet High. It argues the cost to taxpayers will be slight and the dividends in trained workers and broad educational benefits will be substantial and long lasting.
Inez Nicholson of 1611 E Washington Street reported a near head on on Route 6 yesterday. She said an eastbound car crossed into her lane, she swerved onto the shoulder and into a roadside ditch. the other vehicle did not stop near Pilcher Park entrance.
Ralph Edwin Johnson, 29, walked into Braidwood City Hall and asked to be arrested. He said he had walked away from Lima State Hospital in Lima Ohio. He is held at Will County Jail awaiting pickup by Lima authorities.
Joliet fire department responded to a 7:50 am call to Albert Yackley’s residence at 809 Kelly avenue. The gas furnace failed to ignite and only dust in the basement caused damage.
The Joliet police department forms a new vice squad headed by Capt. John Dillon with Officers William Burden and Gerald Fitzgerald to target gambling venues. The Bureau of Identification is led by Sgt. Donald Roe, handling cases, statements, fingerprints, photos, and evidence custody along with FBI reporting. Plainclothes operations expand across three shifts with Officers Earl Brooker, Bernard McGann, and Alex Davidson reassigned to active duty. Traffic shifts adopt three rounds with new sergeants Harry Thomas and Frank Skul, under Mayor James P. Hennessy’s plan to improve enforcement and efficiency.
Two elderly women were treated at St. Joseph's hospital after an auto struck a tree in front of 402 Western Avenue. Mrs. Rosewell Lawrence and Bertha Pfiefer, aged 72 and 71, were transported by police ambulance. Lawrence had knee X rays and Pfiefer received a nose bump. Driver Nellie Keegan, 71, said brakes failed and she swerved to avoid stopped cars at a stop sign.
Three delegates and a local officer will attend the Policemen's Benevolent and Protective association convention Saturday and Sunday at Aurora. Traffic Sgt. William Daggett the local unit president leads with Detective Joseph Monshau and Sergeants John Malloy and Jerome Kren.
Joliet grade school board unanimously approved final plans and specifications for the west side junior high school. John Moore and architect firm representative Breidert presented details while inspectors reviewed the project. Bids on the east side school were extended to Sept 21 to allow more bidders.
Francis Van Zagh, 19, of 653 S Water Street, was arrested for leaving the scene of a Tuesday night wreck at First Avenue and Union Street. The owner, Charles Ingles, signed a warrant. Van Zagh claimed the car was stolen, but later admitted ditching the vehicle and was released on 500 dollars bond to appear in police court.
Five carloads of telephone cable and fifty reels will connect Joliet and Plainfield for toll-free calling. Illinois Bell and ICC approval followed a Plainfield petition. Crews lay conduit and manholes along Route 30, with eighty dig sites and deep testing to come. Completion is targeted after the first of the year.
Ronald Hammond was arrested and booked by sheriff's deputies on a preexisting warrant after an on site dispute at the Du Page River farm. He allegedly assaulted Otto H. Borgan during the confrontation following his firing and was later located on the highway in Troy with Dr. Edward Crown.
John V Costello of 1 S Center Street turned in two checks at the sheriff’s office yesterday afternoon marked insufficient funds. The checks, for 44.39 and 50 dollars, were signed by Joe Michalowski of Braidwood and made payable to the Kankakee Distributing Company.
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